Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s
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Genre: Alternative Noise Pop Rock [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
31,547
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2952 votes)  88 (2,952 votes)
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Genre: Post-Indie Pop Punk [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1986
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Rank Score:
33,914
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Top rated album (88/100 - 2917 votes)  88 (2,917 votes)
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Genre: Neo-Psychedelic Madchester [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1989
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Rank Score:
23,052
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Top rated album (86/100 - 2299 votes)  86 (2,299 votes)
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Genre: Worldbeat [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
27,545
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Top rated album (87/100 - 2298 votes)  87 (2,298 votes)
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Genre: Alternative Indie Pop Rock [First added to this chart: 08/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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Rank Score:
5,988
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Top rated album (85/100 - 1046 votes)  85 (1,046 votes)
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Genre: Post-Progressive Art Pop Rock [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
10,214
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Genre: Lo-Fi Indie Noise Rock [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
5,570
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Genre: Post-Alternative Folk Punk [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1983
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Rank Score:
10,043
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Genre: Alternative Power Pop Punk [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
3,900
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Genre: Post-Alternative Indie Punk [First added to this chart: 07/27/2017]
Year of Release:
1984
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7,491
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s composition

Year Albums %


1980 8 8%
1981 7 7%
1982 11 11%
1983 9 9%
1984 14 14%
1985 10 10%
1986 9 9%
1987 14 14%
1988 11 11%
1989 7 7%
Artist Albums %


The Smiths 6 6%
Iron Maiden 4 4%
R.E.M. 4 4%
Pixies 3 3%
New Order 3 3%
Talking Heads 3 3%
The Replacements 2 2%
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Country Albums %


United States 46 46%
United Kingdom 33 33%
Mixed Nationality 4 4%
Canada 3 3%
Argentina 3 3%
Australia 2 2%
Germany 2 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 89 89%
Yes 11 11%
Live? Albums %
No 94 94%
Yes 6 6%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 97 97%
Yes 3 3%

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Faller Down 1 from 32nd to 33rd
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From 12/05/2020 06:41 | #262009
good chart, if you like kamikaze that much, you should enter to more Spanish language albums, my suggestions for this decade are : Secretos, Signos, Clics modernos, try thos 3 first
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...close to perfection.
I´m not a big fan of The Smiths... thats the only reason not to give 100 points - sorry.
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